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Pakistan: leadership crisis

The primary constituents of economic growth encompass physical capital, infrastructure, human capital, and...

Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am

Editorials

Growth must be backed by structural reforms

EDITORIAL: Caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar while addressing the 26 Sustainable Development Conference...

Published 29 Nov, 2023 05:09am

Economic growth has to be backed by structural reforms: Shamshad

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Finance Dr Shamshad Akhtar has said political and economic instability...

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 09:44am

Business & Finance

SECP green lights Meezan Bank’s wholly-owned Exchange Company

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued the Certificate of Incorporation to Meezan...

Updated 15 Nov, 2023 04:55pm

Business & Finance

Bank of Khyber says will establish wholly-owned EC

The Board of Directors of Bank of Khyber (BoK) announced on Friday that it will establish an Exchange Company (EC)...

Published 03 Nov, 2023 04:31pm

Markets

Exchange companies: SBP gives NOC to Faysal Bank Limited

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) to Faysal Bank Limited, one of the...

Published 01 Nov, 2023 11:49am

Markets

Bank of Punjab considers wholly-owned Exchange Company

The Bank of Punjab announced on Monday that its board was proposed the establishment of a wholly-owned Exchange...

Published 30 Oct, 2023 11:46am

Business & Finance

Businessman underscores need for implementing structural reforms

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Presidential Candidate for the upcoming...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 03:25am

Business & Finance

Askari Bank latest to establish wholly-owned Exchange Company

Askari Bank Limited, a subsidiary of Fauji Foundation, announced on Friday it will establish an Exchange Company...

Updated 27 Oct, 2023 10:57pm

Markets

Goldman’s analysts say Pak rupee rally to be ‘short lived’: report

Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, a global investment bank and financial services company, have warned that gains...

Updated 26 Oct, 2023 10:44pm

Markets

Habib Metropolitan Bank says it will establish wholly-owned EC

The Board of Directors of Habib Metropolitan Bank (HMB), a subsidiary of Habib Bank AG Zurich – Switzerland,...

Published 10 Oct, 2023 05:44pm

Business & Finance

Bank Alfalah to establish wholly-owned EC

Becomes sixth commercial bank to make such announcement to date

Updated 03 Oct, 2023 10:44pm

Business & Finance

Faysal Bank to set up ‘wholly-owned’ Exchange Company

Becomes 5th commercial bank to make such announcement this month

Updated 28 Sep, 2023 09:33pm

Business & Finance

MCB Bank joins UBL and Meezan, says it will establish wholly-owned Exchange Company

The Board of Directors (BoD) of MCB Bank Limited, one of the largest commercial banks in the country, announced it...

Updated 18 Sep, 2023 07:49pm

Business & Finance

Meezan Bank says it will establish wholly-owned Exchange Company

The Board of Directors (BoD) of Meezan Bank Limited, the largest Islamic bank in the country, announced that it will...

Updated 15 Sep, 2023 07:12pm

Markets

UBL says will establish wholly-owned Exchange Company

The Board of Directors (BoD) of United Bank Limited (UBL), one of the largest commercial banks in the country, has...

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 03:29pm

Opinion

Country needs structural reforms

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “Broadening the tax net: A solution to taxation woes?” carried by the...

Published 11 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Opinion

Fiscal discipline key to reforms

Before Pakistan can embark on the long and tedious journey of structural reforms, fiscal discipline must be embraced...

Published 23 Aug, 2023 05:50am

Business & Finance

‘ADB committed to continue support economic revival’

LAHORE: Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to continue to support Pakistan's economic revival and development...

Updated 19 Aug, 2023 09:57am

Pakistan

Reforms essential for economic growth, restructuring: PM Shehbaz

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said reforms are needed in order to ensure economic growth in...

Updated 26 Jul, 2023 08:31pm

Editorials

Tax proposals by the IMF

EDITORIAL: The $3 billion nine-month-long Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) approved by the International Monetary Fund...

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 06:49am

Opinion

Hard reset and a lost generation

No better time than election season to make the case – very controversial one, it turns out – that Pakistan’s...

Published 20 Jul, 2023 03:12am

Opinion

Kicking the can

An IMF (International Monetary Fund) deal is finally done. This is good news as it has averted the growing concerns...

Updated 03 Jul, 2023 07:58am

Editorials

Living up to our own track record

EDITORIAL: We have yet again failed to complete an IMF programme, which perhaps was the toughest one for the...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am

Business & Finance

BMP underscores need for structural reforms

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has termed the...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am

Business & Finance

Economy: experts underscore the need for structural reforms

KARACHI: Economic experts at a post-budget conference here on Sunday called for indigenous solutions and structural...

Updated 13 Jun, 2023 08:48am

Pakistan

Structural reforms a must for economic sustainability: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stated that Pakistan’s desire to maintain peace with neighbours must...

Published 29 Apr, 2023 06:04am

Opinion

Salvation lies in structural reforms

Pakistan’s persistent economic failures, amongst other factors, are the result of constant disregard of the...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am

Pension, subsidies & cut in SOEs’ losses: ‘Structural reforms’ being introduced thru budget: Dar

Proposed austerity measures come under consideration during Federal Cabinet meeting

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 11:46am

MoS Aisha terms ‘structural reforms’ need of the hour

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Aisha Ghaus Pasha said that structural reforms are the need of the country...

Updated 20 Jan, 2023 08:46am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Trust Mod. / Dec 7 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	2.16 ▲ 0.60 (38.46%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Dec 7 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	4 ▲ 1.00 (33.33%)
Treet Corp. (R) / Dec 7 Treet Corporation Limited (R)(TREETR2)	4.14 ▲ 0.76 (22.49%)
LSE Propetech / Dec 7 LSE Propetech Limited(LSEPL)	4.55 ▲ 0.79 (21.01%)
F.Credit & Inv / Dec 7 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	6.51 ▲ 1.00 (18.15%)
Hascol Petrol / Dec 7 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	6.69 ▲ 1.00 (17.57%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 7 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	3.80 ▲ 0.49 (14.80%)
LSE Ventures / Dec 7 LSE Ventures Limited(LSEVL)	5.57 ▲ 0.71 (14.61%)
F. Nat.Equities / Dec 7 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	6.70 ▲ 0.80 (13.56%)
Redco Textile / Dec 7 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	6.90 ▲ 0.80 (13.11%)

Stock	Price
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 7 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	7.51 ▼ -0.74 (-8.97%)
Ist.Dawood Bank / Dec 7 First Dawood Investment Bank Limited(FDIBL)	2.30 ▼ -0.19 (-7.63%)
Kohat Textile / Dec 7 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	19.81 ▼ -1.61 (-7.52%)
MithchellsFruit / Dec 7 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	208.72 ▼ -16.92 (-7.50%)
Shadman Cotton / Dec 7 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	14.42 ▼ -1.17 (-7.50%)
Land Mark Spinning / Dec 7 Landmark Spinning Industries Limited(LMSM)	16.47 ▼ -1.33 (-7.47%)
SME Leasing Ltd / Dec 7 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	1.90 ▼ -0.15 (-7.32%)
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 7 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.47 ▼ -0.40 (-6.81%)
Suraj Cotton / Dec 7 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	136.50 ▼ -9.50 (-6.51%)
J.K.Spinning / Dec 7 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	44 ▼ -3.00 (-6.38%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 7 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	143,393,681 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 7 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	82,309,654 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 7 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	56,884,642 ▲ 0.02
Hascol Petrol / Dec 7 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	54,169,500 ▲ 1.00
Pak Refinery / Dec 7 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	53,701,236 ▲ 0.84
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 7 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	37,662,460 ▲ 0.06
P.T.C.L. / Dec 7 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	36,098,500 ▲ 0.03
Pak Petroleum / Dec 7 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	35,317,902 ▲ 0.99
Oil & Gas Dev. / Dec 7 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	31,154,943 ▼ -0.61
The Searle Co. / Dec 7 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	28,673,613 ▲ 3.11

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 6	284.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 6	284.13
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 6	147.26
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 6	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 6	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 6	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Dec 5	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 5	4567.18
Nasdaq / Dec 5	14229.91
Dow Jones / Dec 5	36124.56
India Sensex / Dec 6	69555.66
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 6	33445.90
Hang Seng / Dec 6	16427.53
FTSE 100 / Dec 6	7516.04
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 6	16541.49
France CAC40 / Dec 6	7392.44

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 5	17235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 5	189043
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 6	72.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 6	2021.37
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 6	80.12

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